調查：1月4日成英國“出軌日”

Record numbers of men and women are on the lookout for secret affairs, as experts claim January 4th is the worst day of the year for infidelity.

With the stress of Christmas taking its toll on many relationships, has reported a surge of activity.

Yesterday 994 unhappily married people decided to look for a new love via the UK's leading dating site - more than double the average traffic - and the company predicts even more will sign up today.

It had recruited 650 new members by lunchtime and usage is set to rise by 250 percent.

With the majority of the British public back to work and some feeling fed up after a long and hectic festive break, experts says the trend is unsurprising.

Cheating consultant Rosie Freeman-Jones said: 'Christmas and New Year are times when couples spend an intensive period of time with each other and their families.

'This can be quite claustrophobic and sometimes leads to a 'cabin fever' situation where both parties feel irritated with each other and underlying problems are exasperated.

'The 4th of January is typically one of the first days back to work and back to freedom - and spouses take this opportunity to explore all the things they couldn't under the watchful eye of their partner.'

She adds that social networking websites have made it easier for people to start discreet affairs. According to law firm Divorce-Online, Facebook was cited as a reason for a third of divorces last year.

A number of other revealing findings were released as One Poll conducted one of the largest ever surveys on infidelity.

Statistics showed that 18.3 percent of women and 25.4 percent of men have cheated on their current partner at least once.

Away from the internet women tend to strike up relationships with people they already know, such as work colleagues or former flames.

Men on the other hand will head to nightclubs and bars in the hope of finding fleeting romance with someone other than their spouse.英國專家近日表示，1月4日是英國全年的“出軌日”，尋找婚外情的男性和女性人數都創下紀錄。

聖誕節帶來的壓力破壞了很多情侶的關係，IllicitEncounters網站報道稱，人們尋找婚外戀的行爲激增。

昨天(1月4日)，有994位婚姻不幸的人士決定通過英國這家大型婚戀網站尋找新的戀情，是平時的兩倍，而且據該網站估計，今天的註冊人數會更多。

截至中午，已有650名新成員註冊，使用量將增長250%。

節後，大多數英國公衆返崗工作，一些人在冗長而興奮的節假日後感到厭煩，專家表示這種趨勢並不令人吃驚。

外遇顧問羅西·弗里曼-瓊斯說：“在聖誕和新年，情侶二人以及他們和家人都集中度過了一段時間。”

“這可能非常幽閉，有時還會導致‘幽居病’，情侶二人互相都很惱怒，潛在的問題被激化了。”

“1月4日是節後第一個工作日，人們也重獲自由，伴侶們會利用這個機會做一些在另一半的監督下不能做的事。”

她補充說，社交網站讓人們能更容易地開展地下戀情。據“離婚在線”律師事務所表示，在去年的三成離婚案件中，Facebook被稱爲原因之一。

One Poll調查網站開展的一項最大的外遇調查也爲我們揭示了另一些真相。

數據顯示，18.3%的女性和25.4%的男性曾經至少有一次對現在的伴侶不忠。

女性的婚外情對象一般是相識的人，比如同事或者舊情人，而不是在網上發展。

而男性會去夜總會和酒吧，希望在那裏和不同於伴侶的人發展一段短暫的戀情。